Posted on 20 October 2026:
🎨 #YathraCanvas — Art in a Frame
DR. LARISSA NOURY UNITES NEW FRENCH IMPRESSIONISM WITH TRADITIONAL JAPANESE WASHI PAPER AT TOKYO. DISCOVER HER TACTILE COLORS AND FIVE-DIMENSIONAL COLOR.
A Harmony of Hues: Where French Impressionism Meets Japanese Washi
In the heart of Tokyo’s Ginza district, color finds a new home on handmade paper.
Ginza has long been Tokyo’s meeting place for elegance, craft and culture. Now Galerie Vent in Ginza hosts the 3rd Personal Exhibition of Dr. Larissa Noury, an internationally acclaimed artist, architect and color theorist. Titled “Exploration of Colour with New French Impressionism and Traditional Washi Paper of Japan,” the exhibition sets Western artistic heritage in conversation with Japanese craft.
The Vision: New French Impressionism Meets Washi
Dr. Larissa Noury works where fine art, spatial architecture and sensory experience meet. She is known for pioneering “Tactile Colors” and “Five-Dimensional Color,” ideas that treat color as something felt as well as seen. Her canvases seem to vibrate with movement, light and depth.
In this exhibition she extends New French Impressionism by joining French color theory with traditional handmade Japanese washi paper. Washi has organic texture, fibrous strength and a gentle translucency. Under her pigments it becomes a luminous backdrop for her chromatic explorations, with light settling into the layers and glowing back at the viewer.
“Color speaks: emotion, memory, raw sensation. The goal is to let the viewer enter the canvas and feel light in motion.”
— Dr. Larissa Noury
Key Highlights of the Exhibition
Sensory and Tactile Canvases : The works on washi paper change as the light moves across their layered pigments. The surfaces look alive and breathing, and they shift with the viewer’s position.
Living Art and Painted Fashion: Drawing on architectural principles, calligraphy and wearable art, selected pieces step out of the traditional frame and take three-dimensional form. Art here is something to move around, and even to wear.
Cross-Cultural Dialogue: The exhibition is organized in partnership with cultural associations, including Couleur-Espace-Culture, Paris, and with local artisan workshops. It strengthens the artistic ties between France and Japan.
Cultural Impact: By bringing the luminous spirit of French Impressionism to the delicate material of Japanese washi, Larissa Noury offers a journey through light, texture and emotion. Her third solo presentation in Tokyo confirms Ginza’s place as a global crossroads for fine art. It also celebrates a lasting bridge between East and West, built from color, paper and shared imagination.
Colour in Motion: Voices from the Opening Night at Galerie Vent Ginza
A glimpse of the exhibition: To see the artist’s vibrant palette and the atmosphere of her Tokyo showcase, you can watch Larissa Noury at Galerie Vent Ginza. The video gives an immersive look at Dr. Noury’s artwork on display in Ginza, with her bold colors and cross-cultural themes.
The Director’s Blessing
For Hiroshi Inoue, director of Galerie Vent Ginza, the exhibition carried a special feeling for every visitor, especially through the performance of a kimono-dress that Larissa painted and the couturier A_kith designed.
“I thank Larissa for her hard work. I think she did her best, and I believe she will do her best in the future. This exhibition gave a special feeling to our visitors. Wishing her a wonderful continuation and colorful happiness.”
— Hiroshi Inoue, Director, Galerie Vent Ginza, Tokyo
A Memory for a Lifetime
Alain Wacziarg, Vice President of the Franco-Japanese Arts Association, was moved by the energy of the paintings, and even more by being able to touch them.
“I was so happy to meet Larissa at the opening of her exhibition and to admire her magnificent works! Even just looking at them, I admired the colors and energy emanating from her paintings, and even more so when I was able to touch them. This is an exhibition I will remember for the rest of my life! I can’t wait to see her next exhibition in Japan!”
— Alain Wacziarg, Vice President, Franco-Japanese Arts Association
A Meeting of Minds
The visit also brought a reunion with Professor Emeritus Morokawa Haruki of Tama Tokyo University of Art, a specialist in Western art studies, who gave Dr. Noury a book as a gift. He has written, edited and translated many popular and introductory books on Western art, including:
- Introduction to the History of Western Painting
- Thematic Narratives of Western Painting
- What the Global Elite Knows: How to View Western Art as an Element of General Culture
Art Takes to the Street
The exhibition’s success owed much to director Hiroshi Inoue, his assistant Asako and curator Lingmin Reibibbri Yamakawa. The public was captivated by “Fuji,” a painted-dress performance created with the renowned Tokyo singer Shoko Kubota. The tactile displays were enriched by “Autumn Colors,” a new painted kimono-dress by designer and colorist Larissa Noury, made with couturier #a_kith. The art also reached Ginza’s grand avenue, which became a pedestrian zone on weekends, where a performance turned the street into a stage.
The Curator’s Words
“The exhibition’s opening was well attended by the art and journalism community, including Mr. Alain Wacziarg, Vice President of the Franco-Japanese Arts Association; Yasushi Isobe, Manager & Chief Editor of The Window of Arts and Art Collectors Monthly Magazines; Ms. Kieko Oku, Managing Director of the Japan-Montenegro Friendship Association; and numerous national and international designers and artists. We had a wonderful evening.”
— Lingmin Reibibbri Yamakawa, Exhibition Curator
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Images: Dr. Larissa Noury
